Frans Fiolet

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Frans Fiolet
Personal information
Born20 July 1939 (1939-07-20) (age 85)
The Hague, the Netherlands
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport Field hockey
ClubHDM, Den Haag

Franciscus Antonius "Frans" Fiolet (born 20 July 1939) is a retired field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics, where his team finished in ninth and seventh place, respectively. [1]

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References

  1. Frans Fiolet Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com